Under proposals outlined in the Digital Economy Bill, universities, libraries and small businesses offering wi-fi services will not be exempt from ensuring that their networks are not used to infringe copyright.
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The Welsh Repository Network has published a learning tool to help you consider some of the copyright issues for multimedia respositories.
Registration is now open for this pre-eminent I-CHORA conference covering all aspects of record keeping principles and practice.
JISC infoNet has recently published a new web presence aimed at providing a central point of access for those interested in research information management.
The majority of people asked in a recent survey on copyright law in the UK have little or no knowledge of what is legal, reports Consumer Focus.
JISC Legal are pleased to host a new resource on the Transfer and Use of Bibliographic Records: Guidance on Legal Issues. It has been created by Curtis+Cartwright in partnership with Naomi Korn, with funding from JISC.
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The SHERPA/RoMEO service, funded by JISC, helps repository depositors find out about a publisher's copyright position.
The third sector will see copyright exemptions for public playing of sound recordings and music removed from April 2010
The University of East Anglia is to investigate how Freedom of Information requests were dealt with.
The Scottish Information Commissioner publishes new guidance for making and handling FOI requests.
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